memoir – Page 139 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

Bad Daisy, Rescue Dog

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, animal training, ball launcher, dogs, firsts, Jack Russell terrier, last, memoir, relationships, Vizla, worstLeave a comment

Fifteen months into owning Daisy, the Jack Russell terrier, we had a bad event in the park just now. I taught Daisy how to fetch a ball and have been playing with her in the park next to my house every day for months. The neighbor girls, ages 5 and 7, run out to meet… Continue reading Bad Daisy, Rescue Dog

A Good Dog Neighbor

March 19, 2019 Posted in animal shelter, best, California, dogs, humor, memoir, neighbors, outdoors, park, phone call, relationships, sister, sonLeave a comment

(re-run) Yesterday my son and I had lunch together at the local sandwich shop. He brought his little dog — half Chihuahua, half terrier. I fed Violet scraps of lettuce under the table while we ate. She thinks she’s a vegetarian. Afterward, we followed the usual routine and came back to my house, where Violet… Continue reading A Good Dog Neighbor

First Date Red Flags

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Posted in bar, Beatles, best, boyfriend, California, dancing, dating, feet, football, friends, helpful strangers, humor, marijuana, memoir, music, relationships, socializing, worstLeave a comment

Okay, you said yes to the guy who asked you out two years ago and you turned him down. Now he has shown up at a dancing venue in Concord on the same day you wondered whatever happened to him. You see, he lives in San Francisco and you live in Suburbia. Then you agree… Continue reading First Date Red Flags

The Story of my Rescue Puppy, Pepper

March 16, 2019 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, ARF, break-ins, burglaries, California, care giver, dog training, dogs, firsts, humor, Jack Russell terrier, labrador, memoir, pit bull2 Comments

I laughed out loud. I had joked about a getting a pit bull, and the universe had dropped two of them in my path.

Butt Dials and Other My-Bads

March 13, 2019 Posted in Aspen, best, California, Colorado, humor, last, memoir, nerds, phone call, phone numbers, relationshipsLeave a comment

(re-run) I had lunch with my son today. We were trying to figure out why I’d used up all my storage on my cell phone. He took a look, handed back my phone, and watched me put it in my pocket. “You need to hit the button on the side and turn off your screen,”… Continue reading Butt Dials and Other My-Bads

What’s your Super Power?

March 6, 2019March 5, 2019 Posted in alcohol abuse, best, California, children, dinner, dogs, Facebook, fire fighter, friends, girl friends, humor, kittens, memoir, neighbors, puppies, super power, worstLeave a comment

We all have one. Some of us have common sense. Some of us can pack a bag like nobody’s business. Some of us have perfect pitch. I have one friend who says, “Give me a fridge filled with leftovers, and I can whip up a delicious meal.” There’s an eight year old girl in Benbow… Continue reading What’s your Super Power?

The Uses for a Ten Year Old

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Posted in Adirondack chairs, appraiser, beach, California, dogs, driveway, garage, math, memoir, oven, Pacific ocean, real estate taxesLeave a comment

The nine year old in my life has joined the Tweener set. She is a double digit girl now, on her way to teenager-hood. She is doing division now in math, although those pesky times tables continue to bother her. 7 x 9 is her nemesis. So is 9 x 7, 63 divided by 9,… Continue reading The Uses for a Ten Year Old

Mom, a Mouse, and the Milk

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Posted in memoir, meter man, milkman, mouseLeave a comment

The world is far different today than we were kids. How many generations have said the exact same thing? Cave Man: Me cold. Cave Woman: Me cold cold. Next generation: Cave man: Me cold. Me strike rock against rock. Fire! Me warm! Cave woman: Me cold. Move over! You get the idea. Every new invention… Continue reading Mom, a Mouse, and the Milk

Asparagus, Anyone?

February 25, 2019 Posted in high school, humor, memoir, nature, Nebraska, outdoors, relationships, yardLeave a comment

The farmhouse was next to the highway, close enough for me to hear the train come by every night, and far enough away from the tracks to get used to sleeping through it. No houses could be seen from any window — just trees, sky, and lots of cornfields. It was a peaceful place, sometimes… Continue reading Asparagus, Anyone?

Best Ed Sullivan Show Ever

February 24, 2019February 22, 2019 Posted in Beatles, best, Colorado, crush, fame, friends, humor, Iowa, junior high school, memoir, music, phlebotomist, relationships, sister, TV1 Comment

Carol grew up in in Pueblo, Colorado. They called it the little Pittsburg of the West. Her dad was a steelworker. Her mom was a lab tech phlebotomist at the hospital. Whenever one of the kids got sick, her mom would bring home a hypodermic needle in her purse to draw some blood. “To see… Continue reading Best Ed Sullivan Show Ever